Capture moments as they happen — a voice note, a line of text, a photo. At the end of the day, Once Upon Today turns them into an illustrated comic page of your life.
Spilled cinnamon on my morning oat milk latte. Sweet mistake.
Quiet park bench. Stray calico cat napped beside my boots.
Rained just as I reached the bookstore under the warm yellow lamp.
Reading chapter four under bedroom fairy lights. Peace at last.
“Life is short, memories fade. Keep every day — the good ones and the hard ones.”
By the time you sit down with a fountain pen at night, fatigue takes over. The blank white page feels like a chore.
The fleeting midday chuckle with a barista or the golden angle of a dusk cloud has evaporated before you write.
Paper shelf journals collect dust, are ruined by spills, and cannot be searched or carried with you across journeys.
“So I built the diary I wish I’d had.”
Three seamless rhythms that make everyday journaling as effortless as sending a quick text.
Drop in a moment the instant it happens: speak it, type it, or snap a photo. Log up to 6 moments per day whenever lightning strikes.
At the end of your day, tap Finalize. Your moments transform into stylized storybook comic panels with hand-drawn warmth.
Your day becomes a collectible comic page, preserved forever on an interactive calendar timeline you can flip through anytime.
Whether you recorded one quiet thought or six bustling milestones, the page template automatically recomposes.
Snap your dinner, your walk, or your pet. Once Upon Today preserves the genuine raw photo behind a washi-tape flap while turning it into a whimsical watercolor comic panel on your final page.
“Rich broth, hot noodles, cold autumn wind outside.”
Art Style: Storybook InkBuilt from the ground up for quiet, distraction-free introspection.
Capture however the moment arrives. Whisper a 10-second voice memo, jot down a one-liner, or upload a snapshot.
Every day's moments are artistically woven together into vintage ink-and-wash graphic novel pages with emotional lighting.
Browse months and seasons like flipping through your personal graphic memoir. Tap any day to relive the comic strip.
Your diary lives on your device first via SQLite. Capture memories in subways, flights, or off-grid cabins without worry.
One warm, non-intrusive notification at your preferred night hour invites you to finalize your day into art.
Your personal thoughts are never sold, indexed, or used to train public models. Your raw memories belong entirely to you.
Out of AI credits? Your moments still save securely as clear text, accompanied by a graceful “sketch pending” panel. Hard days get preserved with the exact same tender care as glorious ones. A diary that only records your highlight reel isn’t a diary.
Your written diary is free forever. Upgrade only if you want full AI graphic novel generation.
A private, full-featured offline diary for life’s everyday thoughts.
Turn your days into beautiful graphic comic pages every night.
For prolific diarists who want high-res printable storybook volumes.
Once Upon Today was conceived, designed, built, and shipped in the open during RevenueCat’s global hackathon by an independent creator.
Why make another productivity app? I wanted an emotional anchor: an app that finds quiet poetry in a spilled latte or a train station bench.
Iterating rapid comic wireframes and paper skeuomorphic tokens using Google Stitch to give the Android experience tactile storybook warmth.
Chose Android Jetpack Compose, Room SQLite for local encryption, and RevenueCat SDK to handle transparent comic subscription tiers effortlessly.
Indie Maker & Storyteller behind Aion Creative Wings in Kerala, India.
Yes, categorically. Your thoughts and journal entries are stored encrypted locally on your Android device. When you trigger AI comic generation, only brief descriptive scene prompts are processed securely to render your art and are never used to train machine learning models.
Yes. You can capture voice notes, quick text, and photos anywhere in the world without an internet connection. Your timeline is fully browsable offline. Comic rendering queues seamlessly the next time your phone connects to Wi-Fi or data.
Nothing stops your diary. Your written moments remain 100% saved, viewable, and intact forever. Instead of a rendered color illustration, that panel appears with a charming "Sketch Pending" paper wireframe until you add credits or stay on the free tier.
The Android version is live today on Google Play! An iOS version is currently in active development for TestFlight as part of our 2026 roadmap. You can follow our Shipaton log to get notified the day the App Store version drops.
Our signature style is tactile, warm storybook comic art: dark ink linework, subtle watercolor washes, and warm paper textures reminiscent of timeless graphic novels and European bande dessinée.
You can export your raw journal data in JSON and markdown anytime with one tap. Cherish and Treasure subscribers also get automated encrypted cloud backups and high-res printable PDF album exports.
Turn tonight’s moments into tomorrow’s illustrated memories. Download Once Upon Today on Android and turn your life into a graphic memoir.
✦ Free forever text diary • No credit card required ✦